NPS NEWSLETTER

Week 9 Term 2 2017

In this issue…

Upcoming Events June 22

EnviroMentors workshop (K & 2) June 22

Kindergarten Cake Stall

June 26 - 30 Naidoc Week

June 27

Girls Tackle Day

June 30 Naidoc Week Mufti Day

Last day of Term 2

July 18 First day of Term 3 for students

July 24

Kindergarten Excursion

July 25 Athletics Carnival

August 1

Parent Teacher Interviews

August 3 Year 6 Fun Day

July 31 – August 4

Education Week and Book Fair

From the Principal Dear Parents /Caregivers,

Welcome to our new look newsletter. We wanted to provide you with a more in depth coverage of activities across the school including selected class reports, sport, PSSA, and Positive Behaviour for Learning. The newsletter will be distributed twice a Term in Week 4 and Week 9.

We hope you like our new look and would love you to pass on any suggestions you have or comments on the new format to your teacher, the office or myself.

Mrs Sue Finn Principal

• Principals Address p1 • Stage Page p2 • PBL p3 • KLA Kapers p4

• Community News p5 • Sport Report p6 • Special Events p7

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STAGE PAGE

KK In KK we have been learning all about 3D shapes! We went exploring around our school to find all of the different 3D shapes we could see. KK also counted how many sides, corners and faces each shape had and we even learnt which shapes could roll.

Then KK made our very own 3D shapes out of marshmallows and toothpicks! We used the marshmallows as corners and the toothpicks as sides. Our favourite part was eating the marshmallows at the end!

We hope you enjoy our Acrostic Poems on Winter using lots of adjectives to make our poems interesting.

PBL

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WEEKLY AWARDS Summer Smith, Amy Anae, Shahir Hussein, Robert Bishop, Ebrahim Elashwah, Hunter Meyers, Indigo Cooper, Tahlee Robertson

Brock Neville, Konner Smith, Zoe Mitchell, Sueina Reuelu, Heath Watson, Dakotah Buttriss, Rory Falzon, Katie Smith, Abigail Bardowski, Mercy Hall, Rozayah Tuafale, Aidan M, Kyelah Rose Gordon, Benjamin Roberts, Ngaru O’Brien, Tahlei Halangahu, Aliitasi Sae, Tristen Thompson, Justin Morrissey, James Mort

Makayla Nichols, Wundarra Whitton-Adams, Savannah Dargan, Jeremiah Ah Hoy, Veisinia Gutabua, Destiny Hodge, Cooper Newton-Sawle, Logan Knight, Patrick Whitton, Baylee O’Connor, Joshua Nash-Raymond, Katie Gibson, Abbie Sutton, Marysia Sae, Suzannah Geeves, Mark Whitton-Smith, Lilianne Drollet

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Eh Mu Tha, Tyler Keepence, Mitchell B, Isabella Chamberlain, Jesse Mort, Kiara Baker, Tevita Finau, Rhyan Mitton, Kevin Ah Hoy, Mickala Weeks, Jacob Knight, Curtis Appleby Asenath Laetigaga, Veronica Ieremia

Teacher Profile Mr Aves

What is your favourite sport and why? My favourite sport is tennis because I

used to play when I was a kid.

What made you want to be a teacher? I enjoy explaining things to children

and having fun with my class.

What do you like about Noumea? Everyone is friendly and the students

are usually wonderfully behaved

What is your favourite song? Sweet Child of Mine by Guns and

Roses

The interview was conducted by SRC members Elisha and Makayla

KINDNESS LEAF AWARDS

Week 7 – Hosain Elashwah, Braiden Stephenson, Jordan Winterbottom, Shauntelle Tukiri, Kolette Leota,

Justin Morrissey, Aleena Hussein, Terry Aufai, Phillip Tuivaiti-Higgs, Rhyan Mitton, Kiara-Lee Coveny, Kristen

Hansen-Daley

Week 8 – Ini Ratavou, Courtney Tyrell, Jahmar Kahuroa, Tahlei Halangahu, Owen Mitchell, George Tukuafu, Jeremiah Sosiate, Veisinia Gutabua, Blake

Dargan, Rohan Buksh, Leah Weeks

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KLA KAPERS

Life Education In Week 7, students who participated in the Life Education program visited Healthy Harold at school. Students took part in lots of fun activities while learning about how to be safe and healthy, and make sensible decisions. From all accounts, the students had a wonderful time with Harold and were very excited to have him visit us at school.

All in the name of Science… It’s never a dull moment in Science and Term 2 is no exception. Kindy have been busy identifying what common objects, such as walls, windows, doors, furniture and even wheelie bins are made of. Stage 1 has been investigating the differences between cooked and uncooked food and how heat not only affects taste and appearance but even its construction capabilities as in the case of our spaghetti towers. Stage 2 have been observing the melting process and have proved that an ice cube melts faster in freshwater than it does in saltwater. Why? Ask Stage 2! And finally Stage 3 has been investigating ‘States of Matter‘. Who’d have thought that air has mass and as a result can be weighed? And to finish off the Term on a high note, the lovely people from Blacktown City Council and Keep Australia Beautiful are visiting our school to talk about keeping our waterways clean. As well as implementation of the Dept. of Primary Industries fishing program called ‘Get Hooked’. So it has been a very productive Term with Term 3 looking even more promising with science fairs, workshops and incursions. So watch this space and as Dr Sheldon Cooper would say

Canteen $5 each

Meal Deal 1

Hot chicken roll Sparkling water

Jelly cup

Meal Deal 2 Macaroni and cheese

Sparkling water Milk Pop Ice block

Kindergarten Cake Stall On Thursday 22 June, Kindergarten students will hold a cake stall to raise money for our excursion to Calmsley Hill City Farm next term. We will be selling cakes, slices, biscuits, toffees for 50c each.

Kindergarten Students

Athletics Carnival Our whole school Athletics Carnival will be held on Tuesday 25 July at Popondetta Park, Emerton. It is compulsory that all students attend, as there will be no supervision at school. Students will be walking from school at 9am to Popondetta Park and will be returning approximately 2pm.

Permission notes have been distributed and should be returned as soon as possible. If you are available on the day, we are looking for volunteers to assist with time keeping. Walk Safely to School

On Friday 19 May, the SRC decided to participate in the National Walk Safely to School initiative. This event was in its 18th year, National Walk Safely to School Day (WSTSD) is an annual event when all Primary School children are encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. It is a community event seeking to promote Road Safety, Health, Public Transport and the Environment.

Students that walked to school received a sticker from their SRC member. All students participated in a colouring competition. The best colouring received a prize from their SRC.

Well done to all students that participated!

School Dental Checks On Wednesday 24 May, staff from the Western Sydney Dental Health team visited our school to deliver an oral health presentation to students in Kindergarten and Years Two, Four and Six. The staff also performed short oral health checks on those students who returned permission notes. The Dental staff were very impressed with the standard of behaviour displayed by every student and commented several times about the lovely manners. Well done to every student who attended the presentation on the day.

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Naidoc Week Next week students will participate in Naidoc activities including Uncle Mick’s artefacts, Bush Tucker, creative arts and Indigenous sporting games. There will also be performances at our Assembly on Thursday and a mufti day on Friday.

COMMUNITY

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PSSA Soccer Our Soccer teams played Tregear PS on Friday 16/6 Junior A won 4-0 and 2-0 Junior B won 3-2 and lost 2-3 Seniors won 2-0 NRL Our NRL teams played Tregear PS on Friday 16/6 Seniors won 48-16 Juniors won 28-6 Netball Our Netball teams played Hebersham PS on Friday 16/6 Seniors lost 17-3 Juniors lost 9-0

Rugby League The Junior and Senior Rugby League Teams have had a strong start to this year’s PSSA season. So far the Juniors have a record 3-1, losing their first game narrowly to Crawford then picking up wins against Shalvey, Mt Druitt and Tregear. Seniors have started the year with a perfect record, winning all three games against Crawford, Shalvey, Mt Druitt and Tregear. A big thank you to all the parents and carers that come down each and support both teams.

SPORT REPORT